Friday, July 28, 2023

Around the World in 80 Days review – Fogg on the Lune by Mark Fisher

Williamson Park, LancasterSam Jones brings innocent charm to the role of Jules Verne’s hero in an outdoor version that roams around the park if not quite the globe Jules Verne’s caper is…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AM
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Aurora Fox announces ’23-’24 season by Osc Staff Report

'Art,' 'Gem of the Ocean,' 'Lightning Thief' and 'Around the World in 80 Days' on the menu

SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 03:05PM
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Around the World in 80 Days review – a stately adventure by Clare Brennan

Hull Truck theatreThis engaging production makes the most of a small cast and minimal staging, but needs more urgency early on The plot of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel is well known. Phileas …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Around the World in 80 Days review – wittily inventive travelogue speeds along by Mark Fisher

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickAn eight-strong cast and a revolving stage take us on an extraordinary adventure for adults and kids, with time-keeping as a theme Jules Verne’s 1872 novel trad…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM
Monday, January 30, 2023

‘Lively writing, physical comedy & audience interaction’: AROUND THE WORLD WITH NELLIE BLY – Vault Festival ★★★★ by Louise Penn

Nellie Bly (1864-1922, played by writer/performer Katie Overstall) is set for an adventure, and she doesn’t want to be stuck writing on her newspaper’s gossip column. Inspired by …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Around the World in 80 Days review – Phileas Fogg’s adventure goes alfresco by Mark Fisher

Pitlochry festival theatre, ScotlandA touch more peril might help an otherwise playful retelling of the Jules Verne voyage with a cast full of bounce and brio A big plus point in going outdo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM
Saturday, April 23, 2022

The Basics on Basil Sydney by Trav S.D.

Contemporary lovers of classic cinema have likely seen Basil Sydney (1894-1968) in supporting roles in any number of films: Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Olivier’s Hamlet (1948), Disney’s…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AM
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

‘Gentle, life-affirming production’: Around The World In 80 Days – Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds (Online review) by John Chapman

Around The World In 80 Days is best known for the iconic 1956 David Niven film rather than the original novel by the prolific French writer Jules Verne; this version seeks to restore the ori…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

‘It was like running away with the circus’ – the thrills, shocks and genius of Kneehigh by Interviews By Chris Wiegand

As the legendary Cornwall-based theatre company closes, the people who made its astonishing productions look back on four decades of mayhem and innovation Mike Shepherd (founder, artistic di…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AM
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS      Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds by Libby Purves and Friends

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS      Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds INSTEAD OF TRAVEL…     So what do we need, to reopen a tiny Georgian playhouse in a time of continuing uncertainty, mas…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:22AM
Monday, March 1, 2021

David Niven Wasn’t a Thing by Trav S.D.

When I was a kid, David Niven (1910-1983) was in the midst of a so-called comeback period that had begun with Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and continued with a 1957 remake of My Man Go…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PM
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Your Key to “Around the World in 80 Days” by Trav S.D.

We are delighted to see that TCM is showing the original 1956 version of Around the World in 80 Days today at 2:15pm EST, so we thought we would use it as an occasion to provide some backgro…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AM
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Miguel Cervantes To Emcee Broadway In Chicago’s AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS by Showbiz Chicago Newsdesk

Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce their new social media program, Around Broadway In [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:32PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

‘A trolley, a bench, a couple of hatstands & some old battered suitcases’: Jenny Eastop on directing Around the World in 80 Days by Featured Content

As her acclaimed premiere of Claudio Macor's Different From the Others continues at the White Bear Theatre, director Jenny Eastop transfers her Mercurius revival of Jules Verne's Around the …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:22AM
Sunday, November 3, 2019

NEWS: Mercurius’ Around the World in 80 Days transfers to Drayton Arms by Featured Content

Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed premiere of Claudio Macor's new play Different From the Others, director Jenny Eastop's production of Jules Verne's globe-trotting romp Around th…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:20PM
Monday, September 30, 2019

Casting Announced for World Premiere Musical Around the World in 80 Days by Adam Hetrick

Featuring a book by Claybourne Elder and a score by Rodney Bush, the family-friendly production will debut October 11 at Theatre Raleigh.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PM
Thursday, August 8, 2019

80 Days: A Real-World Adventure – Underbelly Southbank ★★★★ by Luca Molinari

Ready, steady...go! 80 Days, a real-world adventure is an immersive and different treasure hunt by Fire Hazard Games, based on Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Critic’s Pick: Review: A Rollicking Trek ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by Alexis Soloski

Laura Eason’s adaptation of the Jules Verne novel is a reminder of how to make stage magic from simple elements.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM
Sunday, May 12, 2019

Around the World in 80 Days by Darryl Reilly

Laughter and oohs and ahs abound from an audience of all ages during this exuberant and wildly theatrical stage adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel "Around the World in 80 …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:59PM
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Around the World in 80 Days: Whirlwind Entertainment and Laughter for All by Michael Sommers

★★★★★ An inventive version of Jules Verne's classic visits the New Victory Theater The post Around the World in 80 Days: Whirlwind Entertainment and Laughter for All appeared first…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:15PM
Friday, April 12, 2019

Around the World in 80 Days review at Leeds Playhouse – ‘an irreverent and unashamedly silly adaptation’ by John Murphy

Leeds Playhouse follows Amy Leach’s intense, sprawling production of Hamlet with Toby Hulse’s irreverent, pacy and unashamedly silly adaptation of Jules Verne’s

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PM
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Theatre Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by the National Players at Olney Theatre Center by Carolyn Kelemen

Just about the time you’re thinking there’s nothing new in the land of the lively arts, along comes something unexpected and wholly different. Celebrating its 70th touring season kick-of…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:15PM
Friday, September 21, 2018

Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by the National Players by Jennifer Georgia

It seems particularly appropriate that the National Players should be mounting a production about an imperturbable, peripatetic gambler who takes every mishap in stride while journeying as f…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PM
Monday, August 13, 2018

Around the World in 80 Days review at Union Theatre, London – ‘energetic, but too much slapstick’ by Julia Rank

Tapping into the Victorian fascination with speed, time and travel, Jules Verne’s much-adapted novel Around the World in 80 Days tells the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AM

Around the World in 80 Days by Arts Review

Prepare for an epic adventure as Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days comes to life in a fun, farcical adaptation at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres on 14 & 15 August 201…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:29AM
Thursday, July 19, 2018

#TheatreNews - @TheUnionTheatre announces casting for @80DaysMusical this August

It's time to take a trip this summer...AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS returns to London at the Union Theatre this August and casting has now been announced...

SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:30AM
Thursday, June 21, 2018

U.S. Premiere of Laura Eason's Around the World in 80 Days Part of New Victory's 2018–2019 Season by Olivia Clement

The U.K. adaptation is part of the Off-Broadway theatre's latest lineup.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AM
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Michael Anderson, 98, Director Of 'Logan's Run' And 'The Dam Busters' by Artsjournal1

"His breakthrough was [the 1955 film] The Dam Busters, about the 1943 British raid against the Ruhr dams in Germany's industrial heartland. ... He was [subsequently] recruited to showman Mik…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54AM
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Some Insights To How The Oscars Are Being Reformed

Assessing this year’s crop of nominees, one can detect certain trends that indicate where the Oscars are heading and why. I offer three, all of them holding out the promise that the Academ…

SOURCE: theconversation.com at 04:29PM
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Its full steam ahead for ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at Globe Theatre by Blouin Artinfo

“Around the World in 80 Days” will be on stage at Globe Theatre, London. The play, written by Toby Hulse, is based on the book by Jules Verne and is directed by Ruth Smillie. The st…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:56AM
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at The American Pops Orchestra by Kendall Mostafavi

Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days is a classic novel that has stood the test of time–one hundred and forty-five years, to be exact–and been adapted into multiple media …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PM

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